Classification:

• Kingdom: Animalia

• Phylum: Arthropoda

• Class: Malacostraca

• Order: Decapoda

• Suborder: Pleoocyemata

• Infraorder: Caridea

• Family: Palaemonidae

• Genus: Palaemon

• Species: P. pugio

Common Names

• Daggerblade grass shrimp

miniBIOTA

• Biome: marine coastal

• Introduced: 10 Dec 2023

• Found: Off road 520 in the Banana River

• Died out: Females only 03 Feb 2024 due to ecological collapse. 2 males survived

• Reintroduced: roughly a dozen in Apr 2024

• Further introduced: Approximately 5, 11 Jun 2024 & another 5, 20 Oct 2024

• Estimated population: Count needed

• Breeding: Confirmed zoea. unknown if grown to adulthood

• Known Diet: algae, detritus, small invertebrates

• Behavior: Scavenges throughout the day swimming quickly throughout the full water column.